The regulator blocked these services on November 18 following the Bangladeshi High Court’s decision to uphold the death sentence of 2 men convicted of war crimes committed in 1971, while the country has fighting for independence from Pakistan.

The addition of new services to the restricted list suggests that the ban is set to continue and possibly expand further. Indeed, BTRC chairman Shahjahan Mahmood stated that the updated ban was “nothing new. It is the continuation of the previous instruction”.